City Administration
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Mayor Ernest N. Morial records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morial.E
Scope and Contents
Ernest Morial mayor's office records begin in 1977, the year before he took office, and run until he left office in 1986. He organized his office into four sub-units: the Executive Office, Intergovernmental Relations, Planning and Development, and Human Resources (in addition, the Mayor was advised by an Executive Counsel and was assisted in operating city government by his Chief Administrative Officer--unfortunately though, no records from either of these aides has yet been accessioned by...
Dates:
1977-1986
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Martin Behrman records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Behrman
Scope and Contents
As in all of the pre-1936 Mayor's papers, the Behrman papers have been reconstructed from fragments previously unprocessed or dispersed in subject files kept in the Official Vertical File. The records are arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes is filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically therein.
Relatively few records have survived from the 16 years of...
Dates:
1904-1929
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Paul Capdevielle records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Capdevielle
Scope and Contents
The records consist primarily of correspondence (arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject), both incoming and outgoing, with local public officials, citizens, and organizations, as well as with mayors of other American cities and other notables. Among the correspondents are Susan B. Anthony; Senators Donelson Caffery, Murphy J. Foster, and Samuel Douglas McEnery; Congressmen Robert C. Davey and Adolph Meyer; Governor W. W. Heard; Alcee Fortier; and Sophie B. Wright....
Dates:
1900-1904
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Robert S. Maestri records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Maestri
Scope and Contents
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence in two series (one consisting of manuscript correspondence and the other microfilm copies of correspondence), and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (also available on microfilm). There may be some duplication between the manuscript and microfilmed correspondence, but for the most part, the originals of the microfilmed series are no longer extant. In general, the correspondence reflects the day-to-day business of municipal...
Dates:
1936-1945
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Barthelemy
Scope and Contents
Under the Barthelemy administration, the Office of the Mayor was divided into three sub-offices (variously called divisions or departments) in addition to the Mayor's Executive Office, each headed by an Executive Assistant to the Mayor: the Office of Economic Development (known for a time as the Office of Urban Development), the Office of Human Resources (or Human Resources Administration), and the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. Records transferred to the City Archives at the end of...
Dates:
1986-1994
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Walmsley
Scope and Contents
The records have been reconstructed from "fragments" dispersed in the City Archives. They consist primarily of incoming correspondence to the mayor, arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes has been filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically within the subject category. Among the subjects covered most substantially are the strike by workers constructing the Public Belt (Huey...
Dates:
1929-1936
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Victor H. Schiro records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Schiro
Scope and Contents
The records include correspondence/subject files from Schiro's tenure as Councilman, as well as his terms as Mayor (the 1961 files contain both mayoral and councilmanic papers). Also included is a series of records from the Mayor's Public Relations Office, 1957-1970 (extending slightly into the tenure of Schiro's successor, Moon Landrieu).
Dates:
1950-1970
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Walter C. Flower
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Flower
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is arranged chronologically, with letters from 1897-1899 in one folder and those 1900 in separate folders for each month represented.The detailed item-level description below was begun and left incomplete a number of years ago by a former City Archives employee. Given the very small size of this collection, we have continued this item-level description in completing the processing of these records. Each letter is identified by its date, its recipient, its...
Dates:
1897-1900
Found in:
City Archives
Office of Policy Planning and Analysis central files
Collection
Identifier: CA-AAP
Scope and Contents
The Office began its cental filing system in June 1975. Incoming files, as well as materials already collected, were classified using a two-letter coding system to indicate the category to which the files were assigned. That classification system has been retained in this archival series as indicated in the arrangement section that follows.The Office and its components collected data and information from a wide variety of sources from within city government and from outside...
Dates:
1973-1979
Found in:
City Archives
Office of the Mayor records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA
Scope and Contents
The Office of the Mayor's records contains administrative records from throughout the existence of the office. This includes petitions, licenses, project records, city property files, and correspondence with constituents, politicians, governing bodies, city officials, and city departments, among other administrative records. The responsibilities of the Mayor have changed throughout the history of the city, so the Office of the Mayor records have been subdivided by historical...
Dates:
1805-1996; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1999
Found in:
City Archives
Sales Tax Investigation records, 1988
Series
Scope and Contents
Photocopies (spiral bound) of transcripts of public hearings held as part of the City Council investigation of alleged favoritism in the collection of sales taxes by the Bureau of Revenue in the Department of Finance. Attorney John R. Martzell directed the investigation for the Council.
Among those testifying before the Council were Director of Finance Paul Mitchell, Chief Administrative Officer Kurt E. Steiner, and Department of Finance employees/former employees Judith Watts, Courtland...
Dates:
1988
Found in:
City Archives
/
City Council records
Second Municipality records
Collection
Identifier: CA-SecMun
Scope and Contents
The records of the Second Municipality include the Second Municipality Council, surveyor's office, financial departments and records of ploice, schools, and wharfs. The image to the right shows the boundaries that were in place during the Municipality Period from 1836-1852, dividing the city into three separate entities. The Second Municipality occupied the area from Felicity to Canal, between the City of Lafayette and the First Municipality. This area was known as the "American Sector."
Dates:
1836-1852
Found in:
City Archives
Third Municipality records
Collection
Identifier: CA-ThirdMun
Scope and Contents
The records of the Third Municipality include the Third Municipality Council, financial and legal departments, and records of police, correctional institutions, and wharfs. The image to the right shows the boundaries that were in place during the Municipality Period from 1836-1852, dividing the city into three separate entities. The Third Municipality occupied the area east of Esplanade, and east of the First Municipality.
Dates:
1836-1852
Found in:
City Archives
Zoning Dockets, 1942-2007
Series
Scope and Contents
Each zoning docket is filed in a separate folder. Contents of the folders vary over the years, but they generally include a copy of the Planning Commission's report and recommendation (except for the 1973-1987 period, when reports and recommendations were discarded because they duplicated the City Planning Commission's version of the records) and the Council's decision on the matter (in the more recent dockets, in the form of the motion and/or ordinance adopted by the Council)....
Dates:
1942-2007
Found in:
City Archives
/
City Council records